St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-29
A ROILER Explosion.
It Creates Panic at a milwaukee,
HoteI---The Dead and Injured.


MINIATURES, Nov. aS.-A shocking
accident occurred at the Kirby house
shortly. before 9 o'clock this morning, a
boiler used for heating water exploding,
entirely wrecking the rear end of the
building and burying a number of peO-
pie beneath the ruins, fatally wOunding
several and it is feared killing others
outright. The explosion occurred at
$50 The boiler which exploded was
the hot water boiler behind the kitchen
range. The explosion blew out por-
ton of the rear wall of the building
thirty feet in width and extending from
the ground to the floor of the fourth
story. One end of the dining room was
wrecked, ali the tables being Knocked
over and the dishes smashed. Most of
the guests had finished breakfast.
Among those who remained panic
reigned, but as far as known none Of
the guests were hurt. Tne kitchen of
the hotel was completely wrecked.
There were about dozen girls in the
room at the time. and all were buried
beneath the mass of brick and mortar
The fire department was on the scene
within & minute Of the explosion.
THE FOLLOWING GIRLS
were taken from the ruins badly in
jured.
MISS ANNA KENNEDY, assistant cook
MISS CARRIE OLSON. dining room girl
MISS JULIA FIELD MEYER. dining-room
MISS NORA DOUGHERTY, dining room
girl.
MISS MARY ARBUCKLE, pastry cook.
MISS MAGGIE DORAN, Kitchen girl.
MISS ALICE BURTT, pantry girl.
MISS MARY kROEGER. kitchen girl.
MISS MARY LEAHY. chambermaid.
MISS EVA FREDERICKSON, dining-room
girl.
FRANK HEMPEL, the head cook, who
was at first reported killed, escaped alive,
but is badly hurt, one arm and three RIBS arc
broken. and he is badly injured.
Miss Minnie Thompson, a girl en-
ployed in the Sentinel bindery across
the alley, was badly cut about the head
by the flying glass that was blown in by
the explosion. Mr.. Beckwith, one of the
prOprietOrs of the hotel. who was in the
rear part of the building, near where
the explosion took place, was hurt i'm
the head by a flying missile, which
knocked him down. The alley back of
the hotel was piled to the depth of four
or five feet with debris from the
wrecked building. The north wall of
the dining-roOm was blown in for dis
tance of fifteen or twenty feet. The
firemen got water upon the ruins in
time to extinguiSh the flames which
started before they had gained much
headway. The accident was probably
caused by the
FREEZING OF THE FEED PIPE
supplying the boiler with water. Those
whose injuries are the most serious are
Mary Arbuckle, Anna Kennedy and
Carrie Olson, all of whom are terribly
burned in addition to the bruises which
they received. There is no hope that
Carrie Olson will recover. Across the
alley directly opposite the place where
the force of the explosion was the great
est is the Sentinel book bindery. The
alley is only about fifteen feet wide and
the h.;I5 hh~;cl-s and debris crashed
through the UiD@0T-s 1T the binderv.
There were nine young women en-
plOyed there this morning. Annie
Meyer was slightly injured by being
struck by falling plaster. Nellie Thomp-
son was cut very badly and her condi-
ton is critical. 4 lamp that was in
front of her was driven 10y the force of
the explosion against her face. As she
lay in Der Herald Office she presented a
pitiable sight. Her head was one mass
of blood. Both eyes had been cut and
bruised until the poor victim was una
Bile to use them. Miss Langtry, en-
plOyed in the composing room of the
Sentinel, told
VERY GOOD STORY
of the affair: Il was alone iii the conf
posing room with young boy when a
terrible noise was heard. | was lifted
OF my feet, and at the same time every
window iii the skylight WaS shattered.
The plastering fell around me-. but not
shere | stood. The hot cried AN earth
quake / was too Startled 10 realize
what ii was. Eut nia.!e nay Nay down
stairs as quickly .is pnssibir. The noise
was 50 great thai iiGny of il.e cases in
the composing roCm were pied The